Interesting question, and some interesting responses.
My story is like a lot of other "boomers" out there.
I played when I was a kid, and gave it up completely back in 1973.
Took a short 30 year break.
I had been thinking about it and told my wife more than once if I could ever find a good acoustic that I could play anything on, I wouldn't mind taking it back up again. One night at a local street festival, I hear this music. Go check it out. And here are two guys with acoustics, guitar and bass, playing some of the best music I have heard in years. Their sound is actually heavily processed, but still an acoustic guitar. I watched and listened, and bought one of their CD's. They DO make acoustics you can play anything on.
So for a 50th birthday present to me, I bought me a new Taylor acoustic.
That was 2003. And the rest has been quite the journey. Trying to make up for 30 lost years of music. Not knowing ANY of the great players that people I met talked about, or anything about acoustic guitars.
Been real expensive too.
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Rick,
the "Bandito of Bling"
A few too many !
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